The manufacturer brought several models from the era of open-cockpit biplanes. James Edward “Jim” Schuster led the turnaround of Raytheon Aircraft and its transition to Hawker Beechcraft in ...

For all their importance before and during the Second World War, not many outside of enthusiast circles have ever even heard of the WACO Aircraft Company. In truth, the moniker's been shut down ...

“The wheels and floats of the two different YMF-5’s are not interchangeable,” says Skiba. “This is the first and only amphibious aircraft that Waco ever developed. It will be forever a ...

Waco Aircraft has received full FAA certification of its Waco YMF-5F open cockpit biplane on amphibious floats. Customer delivery of the first certified aircraft took place on May 26. The ...

Walk, crawl, swim, parachute, float – anything ... Years ago, an unrelated company that calls itself the WACO Aircraft Corp. started making a contemporary version of the WACO biplane from ...

Peter Bowers brought more than new investment to a struggling aircraft manufacturer two years ago. The former executive with a Portage aluminum extrusion company made the job of running WACO ...

The Yankee Air Museum is offering a flying experience that goes back to the early days of aviation with rides on its open cockpit WACO YMF-5C biplane aircraft. Rides on the WACO are available at ...

You can read Aircraft For Sale: Today’s Top Pick at FLYINGMag.com daily. Today’s Top Pick is a 1986 Waco YMF-5 Everyone at the airport pauses and looks up from whatever they are doing when a ...